Re: Oracle personal edition?

Martin Doherty wrote:
> Not how I read it. If you keep actual recipes or your CD collection then
> you are doing internal data processing, which the license forbids.
> However, you are free to develop the database design and code for Recipe
> Tracker 1.0 or CD Manager 1.0, and of course use test data to help in
> testing and debugging your application.
>
> Keeping your own recipes at home in an Oracle database may be
> technically violating the agreement but even if it comes to Oracle's
> attention it doesn't seem cost-effective that Oracle will activate its
> legal defense mechanism in that particular case. I think it's more aimed
> at companies that are deriving measurable financial benefit from the use
> of Oracle apps.
> (Disclaimer: this is my personal opinion, I am untrained in legal
> affairs and I am not representing Oracle Corporation by these statements).
>
> Martin
>
> Galen Boyer wrote:

>> On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, ktsahl_at_yahoo.com wrote:
>>> In other words, if you keep a database of recipes or cd collection in
>>> the database you are in violation of the terms of the agreement.
>> Bunch of bunk.  As long as Nancy Schmo doesn't _sell_ her recipes for a
>> profit, she's fine.

However, if I read the technical magazines correctly, you might run into multiple legal problems (at least here in America). If you store MP3s in your database, you might run afoul of the RIAA ... who are lobbying lawmakers to allow them to "search" your hard-disk without asking - to find people who "illegally" trade copyrighted music (ala the former Napster). If the RIAA wins, maybe Oracle's legal staff will start to think.

Went to an air show this past weekend and saw the Oracle-sponsored stunt pilot perform in his red biplane with Oracle prominently displayed in yellow-gold paint. To pay for their plane (and Larry's yacht and the expensive asian furnishings in his home), they just might go after Nancy Schmo's recipes. :) Received on Mon Oct 21 2002 - 15:18:20 CDT